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F0 tornado in Orange County, Virginia

Tornado September 8, 2004 · Orange County, Virginia

Rating

0.3 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$5K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado touched down near Montpelier Station in central Orange County. Damage was limited to a few trees and downed wires. The storm was on the ground for less than 1 minute, and maximum winds were 50 mph.

Began near Montpelier (38.5167, -77.8500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

7 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Culpeper County F1 King George County F1 Fauquier County F0 Stafford County F0 Stafford County F0 Fauquier County F0 Clarke County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5425207. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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